To Have or Not to Have a Second Child

正THE modification of China’s birth control policy which allows couples where either parent is a single offspring to have a second child came into force at the end of 2013.Although many young couples are indeed eager to have a second child,there are also plenty who are not.For many,whether or not to give birth a second time is a weighty decision.Avoid Only-Child Loneliness Guo Qian,30,formally announced her intention to conceive and give birth to a sibling–with luck a sister–for     

Qishan Saozi Noodles

正In the Han Dynasty(202BC-AD 220),when Emperor Liu Qi(188-141 BC)was on the throne,a farmer in Qishan County of Shaanxi Province married a woman of many talents.Clever and virtuous,she was also adept at needlework and cooking.One day she cooked noodles for her husband’s family.The flavorful,toothsome     

Soybean Flour Cake

正Soybean flour cake,or lüda gunr,is a famous snack in Beijing.The dessert can be traced back to the Manchu-led Qing Dynasty(1644-1911)when the leader of the Uygur ethnic group in Xinjiang married his sister to Qing Emperor Qianlong(1711-1799).Spirited away to the Forbidden City,the Uygur girl,known as the Fragrant Concubine due to her natural fl oral scent,was disconsolate no matter what efforts the emperor made to entertain her.Hence,Qianlong ordered the cooks